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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈbʊkmɑːk/
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• General-American: /ˈbʊkmɑːɹk/
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• British, Southern, Standard: /ˈbɵkmɑːk/
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• Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• /ˈbuːkmɑːk/ some Northern England, especially Northumbria
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• Scotland: /ˈbʉkmaɾk/
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• Northern-Ireland: /ˈbʉkmaɹk/
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• CMU ARPABET: B UH1 K M AA0 R K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English *boke-merk, *boke-merke (attested only in the bare form merk (“bookmark”)), equivalent to book + mark. Cognate with Danish bogmærke (“bookmark”), Swedish bokmärke (“bookmark”), Norwegian bokmerke (“bookmark”), Icelandic bókamerki (“bookmark”). Eclipsed non-native Old English æstel (“bookmark”), from Old Irish astal, from Latin hastula (“little spear, splint”).

88 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: էջանիշ (ēǰaniš) — strip used to mark a place in a book
• Azerbaijani: əlfəcin — strip used to mark a place in a book
• Belarusian: закла́дка (zakládka) — strip used to mark a place in a book
• Catalan: punt de llibre — strip used to mark a place in a book
• Chinese Mandarin: 書籤 /书签 (shūqiān) — strip used to mark a place in a book
• Czech: záložka — strip used to mark a place in a book
• Danish: bogmærke — strip used to mark a place in a book
• Dutch: bladwijzer — strip used to mark a place in a book
• Esperanto: legosigno — strip used to mark a place in a book
• Estonian: järjehoidja — strip used to mark a place in a book
• Finnish: kirjanmerkki — strip used to mark a place in a book
• French: marque-page — strip used to mark a place in a book
• French: signet — strip used to mark a place in a book
• German: Lesezeichen — strip used to mark a place in a book
• Greek: σελιδοδείκτης (selidodeíktis) — strip used to mark a place in a book
• Hebrew: סִימָנִיָּה (simaniyá) — strip used to mark a place in a book
• Hungarian: könyvjelző — strip used to mark a place in a book
• Icelandic: bókamerki — strip used to mark a place in a book
• Irish: leabharmharc — strip used to mark a place in a book
• Italian: segnalibro — strip used to mark a place in a book
• Japanese: 栞 (shiori) — strip used to mark a place in a book
• Korean: 책갈피 (chaekgalpi) — strip used to mark a place in a book
• Korean: 서표 (seopyo) — strip used to mark a place in a book
• Lithuanian: skirtukas — strip used to mark a place in a book
• Luxembourgish: Lieszeechen — strip used to mark a place in a book
• Macedonian: обеле́жувач (obeléžuvač) — strip used to mark a place in a book
• Malay: penanda buku — strip used to mark a place in a book
• Maltese: markapaġna — strip used to mark a place in a book
• Māori: tāhei — strip used to mark a place in a book
• Marathi: बुकमार्क (bukmārka) — strip used to mark a place in a book
• Norwegian Bokmål: bokmerke — strip used to mark a place in a book
• Norwegian Nynorsk: bokmerke — strip used to mark a place in a book
• Polish: zakładka — strip used to mark a place in a book
• Portuguese: marcador — strip used to mark a place in a book
• Portuguese: marca-livro — strip used to mark a place in a book
• Portuguese: marcador de páginas — strip used to mark a place in a book
• Portuguese: marca-página — strip used to mark a place in a book
• Romanian: semn de carte — strip used to mark a place in a book
• Russian: закла́дка (zakládka) — strip used to mark a place in a book
• Russian: ляссе́ (ljassɛ́) — strip used to mark a place in a book
• Spanish: separador — strip used to mark a place in a book
• Spanish: punto de libro — strip used to mark a place in a book
• Spanish: marcapáginas — strip used to mark a place in a book
• Spanish: señalador — strip used to mark a place in a book
• Swedish: bokmärke — strip used to mark a place in a book
• Thai: ที่คั่นหนังสือ (tîi-kân-nǎng-sʉ̌ʉ) — strip used to mark a place in a book
• Turkish: kitap ayracı — strip used to mark a place in a book
• Ukrainian: закла́дка (zakládka) — strip used to mark a place in a book
• Vietnamese: thẻ đánh dấu — strip used to mark a place in a book
• Welsh: llyfrnod — strip used to mark a place in a book
• Yiddish: טײַטל (taytl) — strip used to mark a place in a book
• Catalan: adreça d'interès — record of the address of a file or page
• Chinese Mandarin: 書籤 /书签 (shūqiān) — record of the address of a file or page
• Czech: záložka — record of the address of a file or page
• Danish: bogmærke — record of the address of a file or page
• Dutch: bladwijzer — record of the address of a file or page
• Esperanto: legosigno — record of the address of a file or page
• Estonian: järjehoidja — record of the address of a file or page
• Finnish: kirjanmerkki — record of the address of a file or page
• French: favori — record of the address of a file or page
• French: marque-page — record of the address of a file or page
• French: signet — record of the address of a file or page
• Georgian: სანიშნე (sanišne) — record of the address of a file or page
• German: Lesezeichen — record of the address of a file or page
• German: bookmark — record of the address of a file or page
• Greek: σελιδοδείκτης (selidodeíktis) — record of the address of a file or page
• Hungarian: könyvjelző — record of the address of a file or page
• Japanese: ブックマーク (bukkumāku) — record of the address of a file or page
• Japanese: ブクマ (bukuma) — record of the address of a file or page
• Japanese: お気に入り (okiniiri) — record of the address of a file or page
• Korean: 북마크 (bungmakeu) — record of the address of a file or page
• Korean: 즐겨찾기 (jeulgyeochatgi) — record of the address of a file or page
• Luxembourgish: Lieszeechen — record of the address of a file or page
• Macedonian: обеле́жувач (obeléžuvač) — record of the address of a file or page
• Māori: tohuwāhi — record of the address of a file or page
• Marathi: बुकमार्क (bukmārka) — record of the address of a file or page
• Norwegian Bokmål: bokmerke — record of the address of a file or page
• Norwegian Nynorsk: bokmerke — record of the address of a file or page
• Polish: zakładka — record of the address of a file or page
• Portuguese: favorito — record of the address of a file or page
• Portuguese: marcador — record of the address of a file or page
• Russian: закла́дка (zakládka) — record of the address of a file or page
• Russian: и́збранное (ízbrannoje) — record of the address of a file or page
• Russian: бу́кмарк (búkmark) — record of the address of a file or page
• Russian: букма́рк (bukmárk) — record of the address of a file or page
• Spanish: marcador — record of the address of a file or page
• Spanish: favorito — record of the address of a file or page
• Vietnamese: dấu trang — record of the address of a file or page